Guidelines for the safe clinical practice of peripheral nerve blocks in the adult patient

Keywords:

Regional anesthesia ; peripheral nerve blocks ; guidelines


Published online: Nov 25 2022

https://doi.org/10.56126/71.3.9

M. Desmet (*), S. Bindelle (**), M.B. Breebaart (***), H. Camerlynck (***), S. Casaer (****), K. Fourneau (*****), P. Gautier (******), P. Goffin (**), J.P. Lecoq (*******), I. Lenders (********), I. Leunen (*********), D. Van Aken (**********), P. Van Houwe (****), S. Van Hooreweghe (***********), K. Vermeylen (*********), l. Sermeus (************)

(*) Dept of Anesthesia, AZ Groeninge, Belgium.
(**) Dept of Anesthesia, Clinique MontLegia, CHC Groupe Santé, Liège, Belgium.
(***) Dept of Anesthesia, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium.
(****) Dept of Anesthesia, GZA Ziekenhuizen, Antwerp, Belgium.
(*****) Dept. of Anesthesia, AZ Alma, Eeklo, Belgium.
(******) Dept of Anesthesia, Clinique Ste Anne-St Remi, CHIREC, Brussels, Belgium.
(*******) Dept of Anesthesia, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgium.
(********) Dept of Anesthesia, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
(*********) Dept of Anesthesia, AZ Turnhout, Turnhout, Belgium.
(**********) Dept of Anesthesia, AZ Klina, Brasschaat, Belgium.
(***********) Dept of Anesthesia, Jan Yperman Ziekenhuis, Ieper, Belgium.
(************) Dept of Anesthesia, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium.

Abstract

The Peripheral Nerve Block working group of the Belgian Association for Regional Anesthesia has revised and updated the “Clinical guidelines for the practice of peripheral nerve block in the adult” which were published in 2013.